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  1. Re:USB drivers still in kernel? on Linux 4.14 Has Been Released (kernelnewbies.org) · · Score: 1

    Windows 7 did, BSOD's were pretty annoying when using Prolific USB serial adapters - the dodgy 3rd party code Windows Update automatically installs and runs in the kernel (like every 3rd party driver) when you plug the USB device in.

  2. Re:my experience with linux on Linux 4.14 Has Been Released (kernelnewbies.org) · · Score: 1

    Are you stuck in 1999?

    Today more than 90% of the Fortune 500 rely on Linux in some aspect

    http://fortune.com/2013/05/06/...

    Linux 79%, Windows 39%
    http://www.zdnet.com/article/l...

    Even Microsoft has given in, SQL Server can now run on Linux.

  3. Re:USB drivers still in kernel? on Linux 4.14 Has Been Released (kernelnewbies.org) · · Score: 1

    Is there another OS with USB drivers not loaded into kernel space?

  4. Re:Fortunately they don't blow up on The iPhone X Becomes Unresponsive When It Gets Cold (zdnet.com) · · Score: 0

    A phone shouldn't be expected to work in extreme cold, unless it doesn't use a lithium battery. You can't charge them below zero and the colder you get, the lower the discharge rate must be before damage occurs. The capacity drops too, at -20 degrees the battery will only have half its rated capacity.

    That's why EV's have heaters in their batteries so they can be used in cold environments.

    Having said that, a phone should work in 40 degree heat without issue, or you wouldn't be able put on in your pocket on a hot day, or in an inside pocket in a good jacket on a cold day. It would easily exceed 30 degrees.

  5. Re:welcome... on The iPhone X Becomes Unresponsive When It Gets Cold (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    hence the reason it's on apple.slashdot.org

  6. Re:"Warrant-proof encryption" on DOJ: Strong Encryption That We Don't Have Access To Is 'Unreasonable' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Ask a lawyer, I'm not one.

  7. Re:"Warrant-proof encryption" on DOJ: Strong Encryption That We Don't Have Access To Is 'Unreasonable' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    destroying evidence has always been a problem. That's why it's illegal to destroy evidence.

  8. Re:clearly this guy is a moron.. on DOJ: Strong Encryption That We Don't Have Access To Is 'Unreasonable' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    strong encryption would mean hard/em to break, not impossible.
    a strong rope can break.
    a strong safe is not indestructible.
    a strong room is not impregnable.
    a strong door can be broken down.

    Learn your definitions.

  9. They give the cops the right to smash down the door if required. The cops have effective door smashing tools.

  10. Re:People with tattoos have STDs. on DOJ: Strong Encryption That We Don't Have Access To Is 'Unreasonable' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    People with tattoos need to be cleaner than those without any. If they were unclean while the tattoo was still healing, it would get infected.

  11. Better arrest all white males too, because they commit most of the child molesting.

  12. Its official on Google Working To Remove MINIX-Based ME From Intel Platforms (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's the year of the Minix desktop!

  13. Re:What's a xeon 818? on Qualcomm Eyes Intel With Centriq 2400 Arm Server Chip (eweek.com) · · Score: 2

    Ok, so they never actually tested a single socket Xeon 8180, they extrapolated results from published benchmarks of dual-socket 8180's with a score of 2710 down to a "single socket" value of 776, to make it similar to their score of 657

    If they're not going to compare apples with apples, why do it at all?

  14. What's a xeon 818? on Qualcomm Eyes Intel With Centriq 2400 Arm Server Chip (eweek.com) · · Score: 1

    According to Qualcomm officials, the 48-core Centriq 2460, priced at $1,995, offers more than four times the performance per dollar and 45 percent better performance per watt than Intel’s high-end Xeon Platinum 818 “Skylake” chip.

    Current Xeon processors have 4 digit part numbers, not 3...
    Is it the 8158, 8168, 8180, or something completely made up?

  15. Re:A Plumber Goes on a Call to Fix a Leaky Faucet. on iPhone X Costs Apple $370 in Materials: IHS Markit (ihsmarkit.com) · · Score: 1

    Taxes? What percentage of that $999 goes to taxes?

  16. Why does it require an up to date internal certificate? In the typical SSL web service scenario, the web service has the certificate. A client would only need one if it was doing certificate authentication. They could change their web service to not check the expiry date of the client certificates if that was really the problem.

  17. only a first post can detect a slashdot dupe.

  18. shut down a cloud based service, forcing all your customers who paid for the products that depend on it to buy something else.
    Offer them a discount on your new cloud based service

    Rinse
    Repeat

  19. Re:Physical access on Linux Has a USB Driver Security Problem (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Pretty much everything on that website is a USB keyboard. Doesn't work if the PC you plug it in to is locked or not logged in. You may as well use the keyboard that's already plugged in.

  20. So I uninstalled it already on A Huge Redesign Is Coming To Snapchat (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    I got sick of the 30 odd MB updates every 3 days and the 200ish MB of space it took up.

    And it kept complaining every time I opened it I had revoked its camera permissions. All I want to do is receive snaps, not send them.

  21. Re:Patented on How Cloudflare Uses Lava Lamps To Encrypt the Internet (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Patent expired on Jan 29th 2016

  22. Re:Lava lamps are VERY deterministic! on How Cloudflare Uses Lava Lamps To Encrypt the Internet (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    yeah, get your random numbers fed from a plain-text source. Sure it's random, but if you want to use it for cryptography, it should problem remain secret.

  23. Congratulations Apple, for buying and re-selling Samsung hardware.

  24. That's 1/200th of my annual salary working in IT outside Silicon Valley!

  25. Re:Firefox removes a CA while Google removes PKP on Mozilla Might Distrust Dutch Government Certs Over 'False Keys' (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    PKP doesn't stop your CA from issuing another certificate to anyone else.
    It also makes it hard to change CA's.

    It also makes is possible for an attack to have long lasting impacts on your website. If someone gains access to your web server, they can install their own certificate and set the HPKP header to a large value. Everyone who now visits the website will be unable to access it using any other CA that what the attacker chose.

    All it takes is one disgruntled employee.

    It's a very easy to fuck up system with huge impacts for fucking up. And it still doesn't stop your regular CA (or back-up CA) from mis-issuing a certificate to someone else. All it stops is other CA's from doing so.